Roundabout

Posted on Sat Feb 4th, 2012 @ 11:21pm by Ensign Alistair Ross

Mission: Heart of an Explorer
Location: Holodeck 3, Deck 7
Timeline: 2336 hrs.

Alistair decided to vent his emotions on the holodeck. He had a martial arts program he used when he was on the Copernicus to bide his time on voyages. He was trained in multiple forms of combat since his youth and always liked to keep his skills at their peak. After changing into his gi, he proceeded to the only holodeck not being worked on and started it up.

"Computer, load holoprogram Ross12."

The computer chimed its acknowledgement and he proceeded throught the door into a wooded Japanese training ground.

Kneeling in the center of the training mat, he commanded; "Computer, one opponent, level 7 difficulty"

Opposite of Alistair, a black-clad opponent materialized and did one back flip followed by a loud "hiya". Alistair rose and took his fighting stance with his right hand balled into a fist by right hip and his left hand partially open in front of him.

The two opponents circled each other shortly before the warrior charged forward with a flying kick aimed at Alistair's chest. A quick sidestep avoided the attack and sent the ninja flying past to the floor. Alistair spun around a delivered a downward axe kick to his opponent who sprang out of the way letting the kick impact the mat with a thud.

Ignoring the slight pain in his heel, Alistair went on the offensive, firing off a small volley of punches that were easily blocked by the simulated attacker. All except the last one, which landed on the left shoulder of the ninja. He yelped in pain and stumbled back a few steps to recover. Alistair wasn't going to wait around for that. He leapt forward into a flying kicked that caught his foe off-guard. It landed on his chest and sent him flying backwards. The holo-ninja lay on the ground until he disappeared, signaling that the match was over.

That feeling he had was still their. He knew he couldn't leave

"Computer, load next difficulty level....."